1954 Swaythling Cup (men's team)

The 1954 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 21st edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

Japan won the gold medal defeating Czechoslovakia 5–4 in the decisive final group match. England won the bronze medal after finishing third in the final group.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan
Kazuo Kawai
Ichiro Ogimura
Kichiji Tamasu
Yoshio Tomita
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Josef Posejpal
Adolf Šlár
Ladislav Štípek
Václav Tereba
 England
Richard Bergmann
Kenneth Craigie
Johnny Leach
Aubrey Simons
Harry Venner

Swaythling Cup tables

Group 1

Pos Team P W L Pts
1England England88016
2United States United States86212
3France France86212
4Brazil Brazil85310
5Austria Austria8448
6Wales Wales8264
7Israel Israel8264
8Pakistan Pakistan8172
9Italy Italy8080

Group 2

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Japan Japan88016
2Hungary Hungary87114
3Romania Romania86212
4India India85310
5Egypt Egypt8448
6Netherlands Netherlands8356
7Spain Spain8264
8Portugal Portugal8172
9Scotland Scotland8080

Group 3

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia88016
2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia87114
3Sweden Sweden86212
4Germany Germany85310
5Republic of Ireland Ireland8448
6Belgium Belgium8356
7New Zealand New Zealand8264
8Australia Australia8172
9Switzerland Switzerland8080

Final group

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Japan Japan2204
2Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia2112
3England England2020

Decisive group match

Japan Japan 5 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4 Score
Ogimuralost toAndreadis13-21 19-21
OgimurabtŠtípek21-18 17-21 21-14
OgimurabtTereba21-14 21-15
Tamasulost toAndreadis13-21 19-21
TamasubtŠtípek21-18 17-21 21-14
TamasubtTereba21-14 21-15
Tomitalost toAndreadis12-21 14-21
Tomitalost toŠtípek15-21 22-20 21-23
TomitabtTereba21-15 21-10

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  5. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  6. "1954 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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